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One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. ↗

— Walter Pater

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I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

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I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

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I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter. ↗

— Dennis Rodman

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Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic. ↗

— Joe Rogan

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As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up. ↗

— Tom Hanks

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I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings. ↗

— Thomas Starr King

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What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly. ↗

— Robert McChesney

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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch. ↗

— John Malkovich

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The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times. ↗

— Johannes Kepler

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